If I have to pay to see the GP

[donnashuggy]

I might just take a bit longer and get my moneys worth.

Usually I am aware of people waiting (but there will be less of them apparently) so I can take my time 🙂

[*crikey*mate*]

Our emergency Departments here on the Gold Coast were so overcrowded, that we now have a service where doctors come to the house for free to treat non critical illnesses (and other things too) If you tell the lady on the phione it is heart, they call you an ambulance, but for anything else, they just send out a doctor (after hours service)

[debra9275]

A lot of them could be RDO's too or pre-arranged with their employer days off in lieu, or things like that. 🙂

[boris1gary]

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@diamond-halo wrote:

yeah, that was kind of what I was thinking.

IJMO it is too easy to get a doctor's certificate.

where my OH works, they have to provide a certificate for even one day off. I suspect there are a fair few that simply have hangovers (or are still drunk from the night before) and thus, not genuinely sick when they have a sickie in all circumstances. Just suffering the effects of irresponsible social life.

and lest be hionest, in this day of litigation, I don't reckon that many doctors would really say to someone "you weren't sick this morning/yesterday" just in case they really were

anyway, maybe I'm wrong. But there seem to be an awful lot of sickies taken on days around weekends and days off.

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It's not "easy" to get one and it's stupid and wasteful to force workers to get one off for a single day, too many people go to work sick and spread there virus/flu whatever around. People have a certain amount of sick days a year and after that it's unpaid anyway.

[*crikey*mate*]

probably, but i was really only referring to places I knew of, sorry for not making that more clear.

[love*today]

Doc certificates can be attained from chemists, no need to visit a GP just for them.

I haven't read all the thread but I was under the impression that the charges and getting rid of bulk billing was not because people were utilizing the services but because doctors themselves were rorting the system?

[boris1gary]

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@diamond-halo wrote:

Our emergency Departments here on the Gold Coast were so overcrowded, that we now have a service where doctors come to the house for free to treat non critical illnesses (and other things too) If you tell the lady on the phione it is heart, they call you an ambulance, but for anything else, they just send out a doctor (after hours service)

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we have a bulk billing radio Dr service that's available after hours and weekends. Hardly anyone seems to know about it, I had to call them out and I had $120 sitting on the table waiting to pay, he whipped out one of those card machines for my medicare card, I was pleasantly surprised.

[*crikey*mate*]

hey! I didn't make the rules, we just abide by them.

It also seems that an awful lot of people get sick for exactly 11 days a year..... I wonder if that's got anything to do with the fact that they don't roll over or accumulate for non salaried employees where my OH works?

[*crikey*mate*]

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@love*today wrote:
Doc certificates can be attained from chemists, no need to visit a GP just for them.

I didn't know that!

I haven't read all the thread but I was under the impression that the charges and getting rid of bulk billing was not because people were utilizing the services but because doctors themselves were rorting the system? might be, I have NFI

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[debra9275]

Yeah, I just wouldn't assume that every time someone has a day off near a holiday that it.'s due to a hang-over

But then I don't know the type of places you're referring to 🙂

[boris1gary]

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@diamond-halo wrote:

hey! I didn't make the rules, we just abide by them.

It also seems that an awful lot of people get sick for exactly 11 days a year..... I wonder if that's got anything to do with the fact that they don't roll over or accumulate for non salaried employees where my OH works?

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you only assume they only get sick 11 days a year, a lot of people can't afford a day off even when sick, so they go in.